Lawrence, Kansas
- 19 April, 2024
We went to six shows in one night to prove a point
Anymore, Friday nights in Lawrence are pretty outrageous. There are just so many events happening at once. This wasn’t even a Final Fridays art walk,
Lawrence bids farewell to local legend with musical supergroup
The Bottleneck quickly turned into a who’s who of the local music scene when an instrumental player threw himself an epic going away party. Onstage,
Photo Gallery: Ultimate Fakebook / Podstar / The Touchdowns
If you’ve ever experienced a meaningful moment in the Lawrence music scene, a man named Cameron Hawk was likely involved in some fashion. The musician
Photo Gallery: Split Lip Rayfield / Julian Davis and the Hay-Burners / Chicago Farmer
Words and photos by Leroy Pristach The venerable Split lip Rayfield played to a packed house at the Bottleneck Saturday night, but that’s nothing out
Photo Gallery: Radkey / Wet Ones / The Bad Ideas
Sometimes the middle of the week needs a good kick in the pants from good old punk rock. Radkey delivered that ass-whoopin’ when they returned
Photo Gallery: Yo La Tengo
“It’s been a while since we’ve been back to Lawrence,” Yo La Tengo’s Ira Kaplan told a Bottleneck audience within the first few minutes of
Watch: Truckstop Honeymoon at the Bottleneck
Truckstop Honeymoon is a band that seems to constantly be on the move. The beloved bluegrass band spent much of the past year touring overseas,
Watch: The Dear Misses
As far as rock and indie pop bands go, there used to be too many to count here in Lawrence. But anymore, they’ve become extinct.
The Power of Vigil and Thieves
This really doesn’t feel like the same band we saw at Field Day Fest two years ago. Vigil and Thieves can be a lot of
Photo Gallery: Kangaroo Knife Fight / Vigil and Thieves / Stiff Middle Fingers / Small Waves
The Bottleneck played host to a number of Kansas City bands on Saturday night, including Kangaroo Knife Fight, Vigil and Thieves, and Small Waves. Lawrence
